Menoturals; First Friday Filmclub

It's that wonderful day of the week that we join up with the LLB Gang and their Nature Friday posts. Being the first Friday of the month of May, this is also when I share an interesting video feature.

It's time again for the Great Moose Migration from Sweden! You can watch without signing up to SVT - they are making this annual event an 'open season' for all viewers. The chances of actually seeing moose are somewhat slim, but I have it on in the background just for the sounds of the place, Nature's ambience, added to the sounds outside the Hutch's windows of Gulls, Magpies, Blackbirds... ahhhhhnnnnnndddd brrreeaaaattthhhhhh... If you want a few minutes' respite from other stuff, gazing into the Swedish countryside is no hardship, either. Just click on the image to go through to the live feed...

UPDATE ON DAY OF POSTING - I didn't quite realise that this was the reel from a specific date - but that's okay, 18 hours of bliss is still acceptable. If you wish only to observe the moose, then move forward to about four hours and fifty minutes... lots then! Yxx

Menohygging; Comfort of Familiarity

Thank you to all for the birthday greetings. I had a thoroughly lovely few days. Mac1 drove over from Edinburgh on Thursday and, thank goodness, spring had properly arrived and the weather was more than decent for the whole of her stay. We are very comfortable together, and she just makes herself at home, so no standing on ceremony, and lots of easy silences. 

The World Snooker Championship is on this fortnight, so she was happy for me to catch the matches while she listened to her podcasts and worked away at her art diary, or read her books. Then we would eat and natter, drink tea and natter, watch a vid, then natter... 

There was, of course, beachcombing...

Mac1 is an inveterate collector of flotsam and jetsam! I lost count of how many sticks and bits she stuck into her bags. Meanwhile, I found lots of little seaglass bits to add to her supply. There were, as always, plenty of dogs to say hello and give ear chucks to.

My sissy spotted some yarn in my stash that she liked the look of. That was the only signal I needed to pick it out and start a sleeveless jumper (vest) for her. More on that in the Saturday Stitches post. I still have unfinished objects (UFOs), but the lure of doing something that is wanted by another, that has a defined purpose and specific design (albeit another of my own production) takes over. 

Monday arrived, and Mac1 had to get back over to the east of this Bonny Land. It had been a most delightful, relaxing, and entertaining few days.

Menoizikul; Midweek Musicalisms

The first of our "fifth wheel" choices, as provided by penfriend Joni. A quirky piece combining three unusual partner instruments: marimba, oboe and foot cymbals... fun!